Ontario Medical Schools' Contribution to a Socially Accountable Primary Care Workforce: Associations with Pursuit of Extended Training and Practice in Rural or Remote Areas
| dc.contributor.author | Bouraleh, Saredo | |
| dc.contributor.supervisor | Kendall, Claire E. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-11-03T18:25:57Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-11-03T18:25:57Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-11-03 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: This thesis examines how Ontario's medical schools contribute to the primary care workforce. Methods: We used data from the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario to conduct two cross-sectional cohort studies of the association between family medicine graduates' characteristics and our two outcomes: pursuit of extended training and practice in rural/remote settings. Results: Between 1995 and 2021, 25.3% family medicine graduates pursued extended training. After adjustment, Queen's University graduates had significantly higher odds of pursuing extended training compared to NOSMU (males: OR=2.03; 95% CI: 1.31-3.16; females: OR=5.32; 95% CI: 3.48-8.14). Among 2263 recent graduates, 10.4% were practicing in rural/remote areas. Graduates from the University of Toronto (OR=0.12; 95% CI: 0.07-0.21) and McMaster University (OR=0.23; 95% CI: 0.14-0.38) had the lowest odds of practicing in rural/remote areas compared to NOSMU. Conclusion: Findings underscore the need for policy and training reforms to support a socially accountable workforce. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/50994 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.20381/ruor-31485 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa | |
| dc.rights | Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Primary Care | |
| dc.subject | Social Accountability | |
| dc.subject | Extended Family Medicine Training | |
| dc.subject | Practice in Rural or Remote Areas | |
| dc.subject | Ontario Medical Schools | |
| dc.title | Ontario Medical Schools' Contribution to a Socially Accountable Primary Care Workforce: Associations with Pursuit of Extended Training and Practice in Rural or Remote Areas | |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Médecine / Medicine | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | MSc | |
| uottawa.department | Épidémiologie et santé publique / Epidemiology and Public Health |
